A southbound Amtrak Northeast Direct train pulls into Pennsylvania Station Baltimore, Maryland, on March 4, 1999. Power is AEM7 #929. My family and I would take this train down to Washington DC, w... (more)
948 brings a Northeast Regional around the wye.
Three Movements at County Interlocking: A Jersey Avenue westbound train can be seen to the left exiting the Northeast Corridor to its terminus on the Jersey Avenue Station Track/Millstone B... (more)
MARC 4903 sits in the deadline at Riverside Yard.
One Last Selfie. On June 18, 2016, Amtrak operated a "Farewell to The AEM-7" excursion round trip from Washington DC to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AEM-7s 942 and 946 led a 9-car ... (more)
Toasters And Transition. Time was already running short for AMTK 942 (AEM7, EMD/ASEA) as it led a Northeast Regional through the Kingston, Rhode Island station on the evening of June 6, 201... (more)
In their last fall of revenue service, the 940 departs BWI amid the changing foliage.
A heavy snow storm doesn't slow down this toaster. Note the first car behind the engine is the 10005 Catenary Measurement Car.
Not all that long ago, AEM-7s were common around the NEC. 907 peeks out from the Ivy City shop.
Back when Northeast Corridor trains still had names...the Yankee Clipper, Amtrak 173, passes through North Elizabeth shortly after departing Newark Penn Station. This train still runs toda... (more)
Amtrak regional train 99 with AEM-7 939 leading in Stratford on October 10, 2015.
Amtrak regional train 99 with AEM-7 921 leading in Milford on November 21, 2015.
The northbound Vermonter sails through Cornwells Heights with an AEM7 leading.
Diesel Hauled. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) SPAX 52 (née-MILW 2034, SW1200, EMD, 11/1954) and SPAX 51 (née-MILW 2021, SW1200, EMD, 11/1954) are limited to 25... (more)
Smash. A SEPTA Trenton, New Jersey bound train of Silverliner Vs passes the consist of AEM-7s and the lone ALP-44M near Morris in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The pa... (more)
Final Shove. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) 2304 (AEM-7, EMD, 1987) was holding the markers on "Work Extra 52" as it passed Morris in Morrisville, Penn... (more)
9553 heads out of Bryn Mawr with an AEM7 leading.
An Amtrak AEM7 leads a Washington-bound train through the station area of Bowie, Maryland. The tower, which was closed by this time, would later be moved back from the tracks and become the center... (more)
SEPTA 2306 leads an express train into Berwyn.
Phase IV: Adorned in the former Phase IV livery, an AEM7 locomotive leads a Keystone Service Train from Harrisburg, making a stop at Princeton Junction. This train is one of only a few Amtr... (more)
Banged-Up Toaster: While still a few years from retirement in this photo, AMTK 936 appears rather worn leading this westbound Keystone train.
In its very final months of service, AMTK 908 leads a westbound Keystone train to Harrisburg through New Brunswick.
An eastbound Amtrak Regional Express led by No. 915, emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into the now covered open pit before returning underground for its Penn Station stop. A series of double s... (more)
Late night Toast - AMTK No. 933 leads a northbound Regional Express past through Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, passing the small trailer like station and the now demolished Sunoco refinery. My early... (more)
Amtrak train 667, a Keystone Service train heading from New York City to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, speeds through Paradise, PA, late in the day on September 28, 2013. Thirty-two-year-old A... (more)
A westbound Keystone Service train heads south on the Northeast Corridor. At the time of this photo, cab cars were not yet used on Keystone Service trains. In October of 2006, the re-electrificati... (more)
A southbound Amtrak train speeds through Bowie, Maryland. Bowie Tower can be seen in the extreme right distance.
With a southbound MARC train making a station stop, a northbound Amtrak train barrels through Bowie, Maryland. The April skies opened briefly to light the dual AEM-7’s passing the tower that ha... (more)
A southbound Amtrak passes Elizabeth Station on the Northeast Corridor in May of 1990.
The scrapper does their thing, reducing these once mighty former Amtrak electrics into bits and pieces to be recycled.
Locomotive Graveyard. This was a wild scene not many get to witness. It reminded me of the part in Lion King where Simba and Nala wander off to the elephant grave yard. Carcasses of locom... (more)
TOAST! These former Amtrak AEM-7s were seen at the scrap yard, having been reduced into massive hunks of metal before being turned into razor blades.
In the spring of 2000, I was on a class trip in which we visited Union Station to eat dinner. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some snapshots of one of Amtrak's busiest terminals. A... (more)
On the afternoon of May 21, 1993, an Amfleet-equipped passenger train powered Amtrak AEM-7 electric locomotive No. 931 approaches Elizabeth, New Jersey, headed west (south) on Amtrak’s Northeast... (more)
Crew members make final preparation on the Martina McBride charter train prior to its cross-country journey.
The Farewell at Wilimington. On June 18, 2016, the "Amtrak Farewell To The AEM-7" trip included a shop tour in Wilmington, DE. As the two engine/nine car train backed into the facility, ... (more)
A pair of Maryland Area Regional Commuter electric locomotives were getting prepped for afternoon runs at the Amtrak/MARC engine facility in Ivy City, Washington DC, on January 22, 2015. Marc 490... (more)
Being serviced in Amtrak’s Ivy City locomotive shop are AMTK AEM-7ACs 908 and 943. Built in 1980 and 1982, these two electric locomotives are nearing the end of their service on Amtrak, and wil... (more)
A pair of Amtrak AEM-7s hum southbound with a passenger train past the platforms of the station at Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the afternoon of May 21, 1993.
Just hanging out. Amtrak 931 (Phase V, AEM7) is one of many units sitting in Bear, DE on June 20, 2016. A long line of retired AEM7s and HHP8s was resident here for a time. But since then, in 2019... (more)
A Safe Team On Time. Amtrak 931 (Phase III, AEM-7) sits outside the shed at Washington Union Station on June 22, 1992, with K Tower in the background to the right, and sister MARC AEM-7 4902 to th... (more)
Having swapped over with a diesel unit, 935 prepares to continue the train south.
Still 4 years away from retirement, the AEM-7 was still the backbone of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor on one of the many regional trains.
A dozen or so AEM-7s sit along Seaview Railroad tracks awaiting an uncertain fate. Currently saved from the scrapper, these units are privately owned and are rumored to be going to Keolis for test... (more)
An Amfleet-equipped passenger train powered Amtrak AEM-7 electric locomotive No. 931 approaches the platforms of Elizabeth, New Jersey, headed west (south) on the Northeast Corridor on the afterno... (more)
Amtrak AEM-7 No. 902 rolls Amtrak train 190 over the Norwalk River Bridge, better known as the “Walk Bridge,” and past The Maritime Center at Norwalk, Connecticut, on April 12, 1991.
"Toast at Cedar Hill" AEM-7AC 946 and 7 other AEM-7ACs sit in Cedar Hill Yard after a long journey from Hudson Yard in New Jersey (and before that Wilmington, DE) The 8 locomotiv... (more)
"AEM-7AC Farewell Parade at State Street" AEM-7AC 946 leads Amtrak Extra 520 with 7 other AEM-7ACs past State Street Station on Metro North's New Haven Line. The train is shoving... (more)
Seven retired Amtrak AEM-7s sit on track 10 in New York Penn Station during a crew change during their trip from Hudson Yard in Harrison, NJ, to Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT. This gave railroa... (more)
"Leading from New Haven One Last Time" AEM-7AC 946 prepares to lead Amtrak Extra 520 with 7 other AEM-7ACs out of New Haven Union Station on Metro North's New Haven Line. The train will sh... (more)
"Two Vintage Amtrak Icons, One Station" Two vintage Amtrak icons in the same place. Which one will outlive the other? AEM-7AC 927 sits on the rear of Amtrak Extra 648 with 7 othe... (more)
"AEM-7AC Farewell Parade at West Haven" Amtrak Extra 648 tows 8 AEM-7ACs east past West Haven on Metro North's New Haven Line. The train is heading to Cedar Hill where it will wa... (more)
"Toaster Farewell Parade at Metropark" Amtrak AEM-7AC #905 leads a toaster parade west past Metropark Station on the Northeast Corridor... Or atleast that's what it appears at first glance... (more)
“And Lead Us Not Into Penn Station”An unidentified southbound, led by AMTK 922, arrives at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station.
Railroad Musuem of Pennsylvania's collection includes these two Northeast Corridor veterans. Amtrak 915 is a recently retired AEM7, while PRR 4800 is the original GGI, the only one that isn't stre... (more)
An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.
It was very rare to see a triple-headed AEM7-powered train; in fact this is the first shot I have seen of that particular configuration. My guess is that one of those units is offline or part of ... (more)
Note the steam engine at the right of the frame. I would imagine that is a Strasburg unit. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.
The 936 negotiates the multiple double slip switches of Washington Terminal as it snakes its way into the station.
910 has been scrapped, but many of its parts were sold by Amtrak on eBay so it could live on through fans.
AEM-7AC 908 leads Amtrak 98, the Silver Meteor, east through Edison, NJ. The consist includes a heritage baggage and dining car. Along with the AEM-7, those items are now a thing of the past on ... (more)
Amtrak AEM-7 905 At Amtrak's Wilmington Shops
Mr. Brouse was out on a very brisk January evening in 1992. It was unusual to see two motors together on a 3-car Keystone Service train. An H. E. Brouse original Kodachrome slide from my collect... (more)
The #909 shows signs of the road, despite it having yet to reach 1 year of service at the time of this image. A Rich Lorntzen original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
An H. E. Brouse original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
A J. C. Smith, Jr. original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
A Don Jilson original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
Amtrak 915 and Pennsylvania GG-1 4800 sit quietly under a starry night at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
A George W. Hamlin original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
Bruce did not specify why this Bomber set was so far west. A Bruce van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
There is a lot to see here. I especially appreciate Conference car #9800 in its proper paint scheme. Bruce also notes that the private varnish is the 'Phoebe Snow' and 'PRR-120'. A Bruce van Sa... (more)
Beneath a web of catenary, a northbound Amtrak train behind an AEM-7 emerges from the B&P Tunnel on the approach to Baltimore's Penn Station.
A Bruce van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
Instead of wasting time with New Year's festivities, Bruce was prowling around Sunnyside Yard with his camera. I would have joined him in a heartbeat if I could have. A Bruce van Sant original K... (more)
Note the #4900 is equipped with a set of Faiveley DSA150 class pantographs, which were developed for the European heavy rail market. This is the only American-operated locomotive to have been so ... (more)
AEM-7 lNo. 2303 leads an early morning SEPTA commuter train south along the NEC captured here between Holmesburg and Tacony station en route for downtown Philadelphia. Affectionately known as &qu... (more)
While Philadelphia is well known for its famous cheese steaks, railfans would often come for the Meatballs! Captured here on a sunny day in June of 2015, eastbound AEM-7's No. 924 and No. 948 ra... (more)
A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
The 'Minuteman' under partly cloudy skies. According to the slide notes, this is one of the first revenue runs for this unit. A J. C. Smith, Jr. original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
Note the lack of lettering on the nose. An H. E. Brouse original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
